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Tuesday Trending Topics: Disney Plus Lucasfilm Plus Marvel

Tuesday Trending Topics: Disney Plus Lucasfilm Plus MarvelYeah, that's big: Two massive pieces of film news just hit the wires. The Walt Disney Company have acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stocks. Lucasfilm's current co-chair Kathleen Kennedy will become president of the company and will report to Alan Horn, the chair of Wast Disney Studios.

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Disney Buy Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion, Non-Lucas Directed Star Wars "Episode 7″ Planned | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Two massive pieces of film news just hit the wires. The Walt Disney Company have acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stocks. Lucasfilm's current co-chair Kathleen Kennedy will become president of the company and will report to Alan Horn, the chair of Wast Disney Studios.

More Info On The Disney/Lucasfilm Deal Regarding What They Bought, Indiana Jones, And Star Wars TV | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

So the entertainment industry hasn't quite finished exploding over the news that Disney had bought Lucasfilm and are planning new Star Wars movies but more news kept coming via the Disney Conference Call with Bob Iger.

The Return Of Zur En Arh… | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

From Talon #1… ia a certain personality… back?

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Get Ready For Lots Of Star Wars/Disney/Marvel Mash Ups… (Francesco Francavilla Update) | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Let's make a small start…

Brian Vaughan Writes About Saga TPB Vol 1 Returning To Amazon | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool reported on Amazon's peculiar reluctance to sell Saga Vol 1 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Well, now it's back. Vaughan writes;

Disney Buy Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion, Non-Lucas Directed Star Wars "Episode 7" Planned

Two massive pieces of film news just hit the wires. The Walt Disney Company have acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stocks. Lucasfilm's current co-chair Kathleen Kennedy will become president of the company and will report to Alan Horn, the chair of Wast Disney Studios.

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Man Of Steel Title Reveal Is A Hint Of Superman Promos To Come | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

YouTube user Visakh Vishnu tends to collect polished promos, trailers and TV spots. In the last couple of days, he posted an unexplained bit of Man of Steel CG.

Could We Get The Robins After All On November 7th? And The New Gods That Weren't. (UPDATE)

I was taken aside at New York Comic Con by someone keen to tell me that the rumour Bleeding Cool had run a while ago, that Jeff Lemire was to launch a new New 52 comic called The Robins was, at least at some point in recent history true. It may have been turned down, or replaced with another project, but at one point it was seriously being considered by the company.

One Extra, Hard-Won Page Of Gillen And Land's Iron Man

ComiXology has given us an extra page of Kieron Gillen and Greg Land's Iron Man #1 in its preview, beyond that which we already had.

 


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Mark SeifertAbout Mark Seifert

Co-founder and Creative director of Bleeding Cool parent company Avatar Press. Bleeding Cool Managing Editor, tech and data wrangler. Machine Learning hobbyist. Vintage paper addict.
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